Penny Dreadful: Demimonde is a spellbinding puzzle and collectible card game for the living and the undead. Explore Victorian London with your favorite characters from Penny Dreadful on your phone or mobile tablet. This unique puzzle and collectible card game will allow you to:

Explore: Complete puzzles and quests from each episode of the show.

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Penny Dreadful: Demimonde will be available via the App Store and on Android devices through Google Play. The game will also be released at a later date on Facebook and will also be available on Amazon Kindle.

Mujer Hoy seems to think that Algeria and Nigeria are the same country… Come on, folks! In this day and age, journalists can do a little research with the help of the Internet before posting n’importe quoi… The fine people from those two diverse and culturally rich countries would appreciate it. And so would be, Eva Green fans.

Eva talks about her shyness, being cast as Isabelle in The Dreamers, how it didn’t work out between her and von Trier and why she didn’t star in The Antichrist, dying her hair as a teen, and L’Oréal.

Eva Green: “People only remember the sex scenes”

A trail of mystery and sophistication follows her even when she doesn’t invoke it. The ‘Penny Dreadful’ actress and the new muse of L’Oréal Professionel tries to go unnoticed… but that’s impossible.

”So beautiful it’s indecent”. That’s what Bernardo Bertolucci said when he met her and immediately hired her for one of the most rebellious and exceptionally beautiful characters of ‘The Dreamers’ (2003), his particular vision of May 1968 in France. Eva Green (”Greeeen, it’s Swedish”, she points out, tired, of the English pronounciation of her surname) was studying dramatic arts when she was hired for a screen test. ”I was a big Bertolucci fan and when I got his message to go for an audition. I could barely believed it, even less that he ended up giving me a role.” she recalls through a phone call from London. “Working with him has been one of the biggest experiences I’ve had in my professional life. I thought working for him would be tough, even painful, but he turned out to be a very patient director.”

She had a once in a lifetime chance. And she knows it. “I was very lucky. I studied with other young actors, talented and they worked hard, and many of them are still sadly unemployed.”. I asked her what is the most important thing on an actress’ career. “I’d say it’s 70% of talent and 30% of luck. It’s nonsense but that’s how things work. A bit of luck always help.”

She starts working with Bertolucci and then Tim Burton called, and then Robert Rodriguez (‘El Mariachi’, ‘Sin City’), offers her the role of Vesper Lynd in ‘Casino Royale’ (2006) [TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: The article wrongfully credits Robert Rodrìguez as the ‘Casino Royale’ director, when it actually was Martin Campbell]. The natural evolution of facts takes her to reject a proposition from Lars Von Trier. It was in 2008. The director was working on a movie called ‘Antichrist’, Eva Green had shaken everybody with her sex scenes from ‘The Dreamers’, so Von Trier offered her the role that Charlotte Gainsbourg would end up playing. But, against every prognostic, Eva Green said “no” to the role that might have been the great leap of her career. Many years later, she assures me she doesn’t regret it.

”After ‘The Dreamers’ everybody only talked about my sex scenes. It seemed like that was the only thing that mattered. I thought people would be very unpleasant towards me if I did something like ‘Antichrist’. Besides, I have decided before that I wouldn’t shoot sex scenes for a while because I felt that would have been the only thing people would remember and that would make me feel quite vulnerable”. Lars was openly disgusted with Eva’s attitude but he allowed her to read the script that, as we do know now, was filled with strong sex scenes. “I only told him: ‘Really? There’s no other way to do it?” and he replied ‘No one should question my authority’. That’s how tough he was.”

“I don’t regret it. We simply didn’t have the same opinion about the main aspects of the script. Besides, I like to collaborate with directors, not to blindly obey them. It was a pity because I like, or used to like, everything Lars Von Trier did. He was like God to me.”

It’s curious that directors often see a ‘femme fatale’ in Eva. Why?, I ask. “Because I have puffiness?” she answers. “Because my hair is black, almost blue?” [Laughs]. Then she explains: “I think of that. Sometimes I say to myself: ‘Oh my god! What exactly is a “femme fatale”? Why me? I bet it’s a girl without many sides, always evil.’ Luckily, I will remind myself that I’ve done many other characters that were far more complex. More than a ‘femme fatale’. I’d say that they think of me to play strong women. That sounds a lot better.”

Let’s make a quick look on Eva Green’s roles: Artemisia, the Greek queen of ‘300: Rise of an Empired’ (2014); the cold and manipulative Ava Lord from ‘Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For” (2014); Vesper Lynd in ‘Casino Royale’, the only woman capable to play with James Bond and left him broken-hearted; Vanessa Ives in the TV series ‘Penny Dreadful’, an enigmatic medium with tormented eyes… Eva assures me those extreme characters help her to expel the demons inside her. ”Then, day by day, I can be a pretty normal girl.”

It’s unbelievable, but I ask her to describe one of her ‘normal’ days in her life. “I wake up early, at 7:30 am, and I practice sport for an hour. I almost always run or do some strength training. I dedicate some time to reading every day. I go out shopping, I try to meet a friend, I watch films… Nothing unusual.” That’s it? Eva replies with her silence.

As a teenager, her mother took her to the psychiatrist because she was too shy and didn’t talk with anybody. Now she thinks acting helped her to fight her shyness. ”I’m still shy, but I’ve learnt to control it”, she affirms. What else does define her? Who is Eva Green? “No idea, I’d rather let other people talk about me. I don’t even know exactly who I am. Sometimes I’m an optimist person. Sometimes I’m a sad person. It depends.”

Eva was born in París, but her cultural context is quite diverse. A Swedish father, a mother with Spanish ancestry, even relatives coming from Nigeria [TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: This should be Algeria]. Sometimes she says she feels ‘very French’ and sometimes she feels the opposite. Today, we found her in a not so ‘French’ day. She assures the best seller “How to be a Parisian, wherever you are” doesn’t ring a bell to her.

“I don’t know what being French means. I’m aware that the world expects someone born in Paris to be the epitome of chic but I’m from everywhere.”, she says. By the way, she clarifies that bit where the book assures no Parisian ever dyes her hair is a lie. “Everybody does, you can take my word for it.”

She herself did at 15 and felt ‘free’. “I needed a change in my life.”, she said in a WWD interview. Now, she finds her freedom in her ability to stay inconspicuous. “I’ve got many tricks to become invisible: big sunglasses, a scarf, a hat… I’m always hidden behind one of them.”

Gothic looks suit her so good…

A Victorian London from the end of the 19th century is the dark atmosphere of ‘Penny Dreadful’, where Eva Green plays a medium working to find a childhood friend. Screenwriter, John Logan (‘Gladiator’, ‘The Aviator’…) wrote every chapter, witches, demons, vampires…. besides gothic literature characters like Dr Frankestein or Dorian Gray.

Eva’s secret

She knows her hair is a key part of that mystery and beauty everybody sees in her. That why she always deliberately takes care of it very much.

”An actress has to have a good relationship with her hairdresser. Mine has always been a close person in my life. We create the styles together. I’m aware my hair is important in my profession, an instrument of my work and I have to take care of it because it can get damaged frequently.”

An international spokeperson for L’Oréal Professionnel, she admits to be an addict to their healing treatments for dyed hair. “Occasionally, my hair needs to rest and to be taken care of with a specific treatment, that’s why I like that there are people doing research and innovating hair conditioners and mascaras.”

Oils are her favourite product. “Their texture is more pleasent and I think the final effect is more natural and light.”

For summer, she prepares to hide her hair. “If you’re going to walk a lot under the sun, the best favor you can do to your hair is to protect it, so you should have many hats in your closet.”

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]]>http://evagreenweb.com/2015/07/19/penny-dreadful-season-2-behind-the-scenes-one-second-a-day/feed/0Eva Green Exclusive Chat With Team Miss Malinihttp://evagreenweb.com/2015/07/13/eva-green-exclusive-chat-with-team-miss-malini/
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1) How important is hair to an overall look?

Everything. I mean, skin of course is important, but a hair do can define who you are and what you look like. For me, as an actor… it’s major. It defines the character. It helps you define the role. In everyday life I’m terrible with my hair. I can’t do anything, so I let it down. It’s very straight, so a side-parting is all. If you go to the hairdresser, it makes you feel confident. Good hair makes you feel confident.

2) How does it feel to represent a brand like L’Oréal Professionnel?

It’s such a cool, iconic brand. Since I was very little I’ve seen L’Oréal Professionnel products at hair salons. It’s quite a weird feeling, but I’m happy that I’m now on board!

3) Could you describe you style in one word?

Everything.

(I’ve got to say, I’ve never received an answer like that before and it just goes to show how versatile the actress really is.)

4) Why did you choose to go from being blonde to black at a young age?

I wasn’t exactly blonde. I was in the middle and I don’t like being in the middle. I feel like my mom had dark hair, pale skin, and blue eyes, so I thought let’s try that. I didn’t tell my mother. I went to the hairdresser when I was 15 and dyed my hair. It was a strong statement.

Best beauty product:

Signature scent:

Go-to workout:

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What changed in Eva Green from the movie The Dreamers to the Eva today?

I don’t think I’ve changed that much. I’ve always been very reserved and I still am. I’m more at ease in interviews now –and because I work in this crazy business, I’m a little more extroverted…but I don’t think I am as confident as I would like to be. That’s my goal at the moment.

To be 100% confident?

It’s my biggest dream, to be 100% confident.

When you’re not working, how do you spend your time?

I find peace when I’m walking in nature. I go to far away places. I went to Sri Lanka and South Africa last year. When I travel, it’s the moment when I think ‘Oh my God, I’m alive, I’m very lucky to be alive.’ That’s what I like.

Have you ever been to Brazil?

No but I would love to know your country. I love Brazilian music and I know Brazilian women are very pretty, always in shape and take good care of themselves.

Speaking of beauty, how do you take care of yourself?

When I’m working, I have to use a lot of makeup but in real life, I’m very simple. I drink lots of water, I exercise, I hydrate my skin the best I can and I don’t wear much makeup.

What is your secret to staying beautiful?

My God! I wish I knew the secret but I think that the condition to be happy, is to love and be loved. That’s what really matters.

Any actress who inspires you?

I love Helena Bonham Carter because she is crazy in a positive way. She is proud to be who she is. She’s not like others, she is original, unique.

What are your next projects?

At the moment, I’m shooting the Tim Burton film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and I will be back for another season of Penny Dreadful. Then only God knows.

Paris, 1927. After leaving the USA due to Prohibition, the legendary bartender Harry McElhone used its most contested spirit – bourbon – to create this drink. It is said that it is named after the first of its many fans, the editor of the magazine The Boulevardier.

Eva Green is the new face of L’Oréal Professionnel’s Haircare brand. At the interview in Paris, the French actress told us what she thinks about beauty hype and social media.

We met Eva Green in a hotel suite in Paris where she’ll be presented as the new ambassador of L’Oréal Professionnel Haircare brand. The stunning beautiful actress wears a floor-length black Gothic-robe and massive silver rings on her fingers, looking like a mixture of Hell’s Angels jewelry and Harald Glööckler’s clunkers. With this styling, Eva Green, 34 years old, looks less like the Femme Fatale role she often plays. She looks like a vulnerable young woman. Is that intentional? I don’t think so. The French actress is considered very shy and often gestures while speaking with her hands as her rings rattle constantly together.

Q: Eva, you are one of Hollywood’s mega brunettes. What are your hair care secrets?A: Each role brings a new hairstyle with it. This may damage the scalp or the hair can get dull. I take care of my hair every weekend with special masks and scalp treatments.

Q: Any other beauty tricks?A: My mother taught me early not to rub dry my wet hair. It splits the hair ends. My mom is so great with hair she could also have a great career as a hairdresser.

Q: Your mother, Marlène Jobert is an actress too. What was her reaction to your career choice?A: At the beginning, she didn’t know about my choice. My mom didn’t really want me to be an actress.

Q: Why?A: Because she knows how hard the film business can be sometimes. She was right. Shortly after my first movie “The Dreamers”, studio bosses and agents said that I was fat and advised me to lose weight because I wouldn’t get roles.

Q: That’s hard. How did you handle these critics?A: I instantly went to my mother to comfort me. It’s still that way. She is my refuge and she takes care of me when I doubt myself. When I’m down, there’s no better place than to go to her house where she cooks for me. I’m a real Mama’s girl.

Q: Is she okay now that you’re an actress?A: Yes, my mom has resigned and supports me when she can. She travels a lot around with me, comes often to visit me on film sets and accompanies me to premieres.

Q: How do you handle the beauty and fitness hype in Hollywood?A: It’s not easy and it scares me. Nevertheless, as an actress I must stay in form. My body is my expression. I work together with a personal trainer who forces me to do push-ups etc. and I try to eat healthy food. But I am French. Red wine and cheese are must haves.

Q: Many stars posts their food on Instagram…A: Social media makes me sick. In my opinion, these self-expressions simply suck. It’s so much better to stay mysterious. The world out there doesn’t have to know everything about me. What is so exciting about how I look while shaving my legs or in the toilet?

Q: But you like to present yourself on the red carpet. Smokey eyes are your trademark. How do you put on makeup privately?A: Really? I had to adjust but now I see every red carpet appearance as a film role. Privately, I don’t often use makeup. Maybe because I absolutely have no talent for it. But when I go for dinner, I use red lipstick.

The series spearheaded by screenwriter John Logan will begin production in Dublin this fall. Showtime has ordered nine episodes.

Season two of the period drama starring Eva Green and Josh Hartnett will wrap up on July 5.

“John Logan’s brilliant writing and this amazingly talented ensemble continue to draw a passionate, global fanbase into the meticulously crafted world of ‘Penny Dreadful,’” said Showtime Networks president David Nevins. “Together with our wonderful partners at Sky Atlantic, we’re excited to see what new haunts John and his team have in store for season three.”

“Dreadful” is a co-production of Showtime, Sky Atlantic and Neal Street Prods., the London-based banner headed by Sam Mendes.

“Dreadful” has been a multiplatform success story for Showtime, with a good portion of its audience coming through VOD and streaming platforms.

Sometimes Penny Dreadful star Eva Green wishes she could switch places with her twin sister and enjoy the luxury of anonymity. “She has an amazing life in Italy. She’s married to a count,” Green says. “I wish I could be her sometimes. She’s more down to earth.” When the French actress wants to disappear–a difficult feat after her mega-sexy turn in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For–she puts on her “teenager” uniform: “black t-shirt, black leggings, no makeup.”

But her signature jet-black hair, red lips, and, let’s be honest, cleavage make it impossible to blend in. We want to know all of her beauty secrets. Here, Green shares her thoughts on hair, nutrition, and nude scene prep.

ON THE PERFECT RED LIP:

I would do a red lip [on the red carpet], a flashy red lip, bada-boom. Otherwise, I’m useless. I love M.A.C or NARS pigments. Ruby Woo or Lady Danger.

ON SKINCARE:

I’m a vampire; I use a lot of sun cream. Skinceuticals Ultimate UV Defense is very good. The less you go in the sun the better. I moisturize with Avene. It’s a French brand that’s really good.

ON HER HAIR REGIMEN:

I wash my hair quickly. L’Oréal Absolut Repair has amazing conditioner and shampoo; it makes your hair thicker and shiny. I’m not just saying that because I’m a L’Oréal Professionnel ambassador! I dyed my hair for the first time when I was 15 and it stayed. I like dark because it makes my skin pop and it’s more me. I work with Orla Carroll for hair on shoots.

ON NUTRITION:

I’m becoming very LA. I drink lots of water and eat lots of green vegetables. I’m doing lots of juices at the moment. I kind of do apple, kale, carrot. I’ve got a fancy juicer. I started feeling very tired and everybody was like ‘You should try the juicing,’ but I really love it. I felt very weak. It was a revelation. And only organic fruit and vegetables. There’s so many pesticides and shit. I discovered the book by Dr. Fuhrman where he talks about juicing and eating mainly vegetables.

ON NUDE SCENE PREP:

As an actor, it’s not like a porn star. The role is not gratuitous and I kind of detach myself if I have to do a nude scene. For the sequel of 300, I did a lot of core training and that kind of work because my character was a warrior—[it needed] to be believable [that I could] kick some ass. Two or three months of training for five hours a day and I loved it. Your muscles are getting stronger. It’s like a drug almost, you feel addicted, but then on your own it’s so hard. You don’t have somebody kicking your ass every morning. I go for a run every day, I do elliptical, I do stretching. I run like 30 minutes—it’s for the head.

ON SOCIAL ANXIETY:

I’m like a cave woman. I wish I could hang out in a big social place and being very open, but I’m not like that. Being shy was a real problem in school. I don’t feel very comfortable. I have force myself to go out. At events, it’s part of the job. I see it as a game. Otherwise I’m very invisible. I prefer to float around.

Eva, with the charming, intense eyes, smiled as she heard John’s introduction.

She lost no time sharing what’s happening with her character: “When we start Season Two, Vanessa is very vulnerable, very lost. She feels like she’s been abandoned by God. She’s still haunted by the devil but she thinks she’s managed to tame him. But in fact, the devil has sent his servants to capture her soul. They’re actually witches, these servants. They’re very scary so she feels very scared and feels a bit trapped.

“Evelyn Poole (Helen McCrory) becomes involved with Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton). Right in the beginning, Vanessa senses there’s something much more to this woman than meets the eye. She just senses with her sixth sense, Oh my God, there’s something odd. Little by little, we discover that Evelyn is actually the head of the witches and her mission is to deliver Vanessa’s soul to the master, the devil. She’s Vanessa’s enemy, that’s for sure. Helen McCrory is absolutely wonderful—she’s a very sexy, dark, beautiful actress.

“Vanessa is still wrestling with her inner demons all the time. It’s much more internal this year, I would say. There’s also a beautiful love story with the character of Ethan. They’re both fighting with their own demons and they try to suppress their desire for each other.”

“It’s a dangerous, spicy relationship,” she added with a grin, her blue eyes lighting up. “They’re afraid that if they give in to their desire, they will destroy each other. It’s a very beautiful relationship.”

Asked about the elaborate sets, Eva answered, “My favorite is my character’s bedroom because it’s very simple and plain. It’s just one bed and a cross and yet all the drama happens there. The true Vanessa is in that bedroom. She can unleash all her demons there.”

LOS ANGELES—Ardmore Studios, located in Bray, County Wicklow (south of Dublin), is definitely as far as we could get from Mount Diwalwal in Compostela Valley in Mindanao, where Josh Hartnett shot Tran Anh Hung’s 2009 film, “I Come with the Rain.” Josh has been filming Showtime’s Victorian-era horror drama “Penny Dreadful” in Ireland for two years now.

“Probably one of my favorite parts of working in film and television is the fact that you’re constantly on the move and that no two years are very similar,” said Josh during his break on the “Penny Dreadful” set. He’s grown a mustache and a beard to play American gunslinger Ethan Chandler who happens to be a…werewolf. Now on its second season, John Logan’s entertaining gothic drama, which also stars Eva Green and Timothy Dalton, gathers supernatural figures from Victorian literature.

“I shot a film last summer in Utah,” Josh continued about his nomadic actor’s life. “I get a chance to live an extraordinary number of different types of life. To compare the Philippines to anywhere just doesn’t make any sense. For me, it’s always a new experience.

“If I go back to the same country a couple of times with different crews, it makes for an entirely different experience. And as I get older, it’s a different experience. When I first came to Dublin a few years ago, all I wanted to do was just hang out in the Temple Bar. Now, I’m living in Dalkey which is about as far away from all as you can get.”

Peripatetic

Josh is not griping; on the contrary, he’s enjoying his peripatetic lifestyle. “I love to travel and I like to be integrated into the culture which you can do if you spend a lot of time in a place working on something as opposed to just being there for a couple of weeks on vacation.

Josh still has vivid memories of shooting “I Come with the Rain,” a thriller where he played a former LA cop, in Mindanao: “The Philippines was one of the most unusual and interesting places that I went to in my career. We shot in this mining town. There was nothing there beforehand. But then somebody found gold. Twenty years later, there are 60,000 people living in mostly tin and wood houses. To be in the middle of that, I would have never expected it nor did I even know it existed on that level, which was pretty incredible.”

On what to expect from his Ethan in season two, Josh said, “There are blossoming relationships in this season. They’re different than my relationship with Brona (played by Billie Piper) last year.”

Even though it was revealed that he’s a werewolf, Ethan still packs his pistol to fight demons and witches. Josh explained, “Because the transformations aren’t by choice, Ethan can’t just put away the guns and just decide to whip out the claws. So the guns are still involved.”

He bared why he enjoys fleshing out Ethan: “What’s really important to me and more interesting about working in a TV show is that the characters are ever-developing. We don’t know what’s going to happen entirely next season yet. None of us do.

“So as the cuts come back for this season and John (Logan) and Showtime see what’s going on, decisions will be made about where my character’s going. It’s more organic. It’s exciting and different in that way from film where you have a finite structure. On TV, you get to create the arc of the character without the director.”

Romantic poetry

John, the writer and creator of “Penny Dreadful,” dropped by to talk briefly about how he created the series and why he cast Eva as the medium, Vanessa Ives.

“This is my first TV show,” John began. “When I started thinking about this, it was 13 years ago. I wanted to write a story about romantic poetry because I was inspired by (William) Wordsworth and (John) Keats and those things that were loved and those things that were unloved. I had no interest in writing a horror show. I didn’t want to write about Frankenstein and that all evolved over the years of thinking about it and turning it over obsessively.

“Now that we’re in our second season, I think you’ve been able to see as you walk around today what a complete world we’ve been able to build because I didn’t want to write a fairy tale. I wanted to write a story about human beings. And whether those human beings are actual human beings or animated creatures or vampires, I wanted them to be recognizably you and me because when I read Wordsworth and Keats, I feel that they’re speaking to me.

“So in our second season, we’ve tried to speak in a very direct way to a modern audience. I’m delighted with where we are. When the real work on ‘Penny Dreadful’ began a few years ago, I created a character named Vanessa Ives. That’s where I started because I wanted to write about a woman and along the way I’ve assembled great partners—Chris W. King, Jonathan McKinstry, Gabriella Pescucci, Nick Dudman and Phil Murphy.”

John gushed about Eva: “But there was one thing I needed and that was a muse. It’s a clichéd expression but as a man who’s been a dramatist since I was 18, I knew I need a touchstone and I knew who I wanted that touchstone to be and that was Eva Green. I find in her inspiration, courage and a ferocity to explore the dark and the light. This show is about the dark and the light so I will introduce you now to my personal light, Eva Green.”

Eva, with the charming, intense eyes, smiled as she heard John’s introduction.

Still haunted

She lost no time sharing what’s happening with her character: “When we start Season Two, Vanessa is very vulnerable, very lost. She feels like she’s been abandoned by God. She’s still haunted by the devil but she thinks she’s managed to tame him. But in fact, the devil has sent his servants to capture her soul. They’re actually witches, these servants. They’re very scary so she feels very scared and feels a bit trapped.

“Evelyn Poole (Helen McCrory) becomes involved with Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton). Right in the beginning, Vanessa senses there’s something much more to this woman than meets the eye. She just senses with her sixth sense, Oh my God, there’s something odd. Little by little, we discover that Evelyn is actually the head of the witches and her mission is to deliver Vanessa’s soul to the master, the devil. She’s Vanessa’s enemy, that’s for sure. Helen McCrory is absolutely wonderful—she’s a very sexy, dark, beautiful actress.

“Vanessa is still wrestling with her inner demons all the time. It’s much more internal this year, I would say. There’s also a beautiful love story with the character of Ethan. They’re both fighting with their own demons and they try to suppress their desire for each other.”

“It’s a dangerous, spicy relationship,” she added with a grin, her blue eyes lighting up. “They’re afraid that if they give in to their desire, they will destroy each other. It’s a very beautiful relationship.”

Asked about the elaborate sets, Eva answered, “My favorite is my character’s bedroom because it’s very simple and plain. It’s just one bed and a cross and yet all the drama happens there. The true Vanessa is in that bedroom. She can unleash all her demons there.”

First film

For Timothy Dalton, this studio has a very personal significance. The actor, who played James Bond in the 1980s, said, “The very first film (‘The Lion in Winter’) I made was here in Ardmore, in this studio. It was the late ’60s, with Katharine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole. In fact, we might have actually stood in this very space, which is strange, isn’t it? I could have stood here with Katharine Hepburn all those years ago.”

When we asked what was Timothy Dalton like then, he chuckled as he replied, “He was about 40 years younger.” Then he said, “And doing his first movie with two great leading actors. They were not only wonderful in themselves and to each other but they were also wonderful to me. Both of them, sadly, dead now.”

On whether he’d like Eva to be his Bond Girl (she played one in 2006’s “Casino Royale”) if he were to play 007 again, Timothy quipped, “I would like to have Eva Green in everything I do.”